Given name
Arsenia
“male, virile”
Arsenia is a variant of Arseni. One Greek interpretation is “male, virile.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arsenia is a variant of Arseni. One Greek interpretation is “male, virile.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arsenia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121
- 0 boys · 121 girls
- Most popular year
- 1941
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,044 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arsenia’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Arsenia has a diminutive in Arsing. Arsenia has a related form in Arseni. In Filipino usage, Arsenia has a diminutive in Seniang.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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